My "Binding and Loosing"

In Luke chapter seventeen Jesus talks about how there is always going to be temptation in this world. He speaks of a metaphor directed towards any who does tempting. He says "It would be better to be thrown into a sea with a large millstone tied around your neck then to face the punishment in store for harming one of these little ones". I'm not sure, but I think Jesus is referring to "little ones" as people who have little faith in God.

There was one verse in this chapter that really stuck out to me, to the point where I did some reflection and serious thinking to what it meant. The verse reads "You won't be able to say, 'here it is' or 'It's over there!' For the Kingdom of God is among you." Now the part of this verse that got me thinking was "for the kingdom of God is among you". That created the question in me as to, why would this earthly, sinful world be God's kingdom?

Why wouldn't Jesus refer to earth as earth, and heaven as Gods kingdom? So after a few minutes of thought; the answer hit like a train. The reason why Jesus refers to earth being God's kingdom, is because God created it. He created all things, the heaven and the earth, the moon and the stars.

Then that answer brought me to another realization.

Since God created all things, and the earth is a part his kingdom, then that means that it's of holy creation. The trees in the parks and the birds flying in the air, they're all part holy because God created them, and they are a part of his kingdom. Now next time I walk down the street and see someone; that I may be quick to judge toward, I am going to try to stop and think for a moment.

I will think of how even though in my earthly eyes, his or hers appearance may questionable; that person still haa been touched by the hand of God. God created humans, so all humans have been touched by God . Therefore we all have a small amount of holiness to us, but what we have to remember, is that it's not ours. It's God's. By his holiness that lives within us we have privilege to be able to have a relationship with him; because a part of him is in us as well, a family.